But the foreign secretary says the UK is in a 'good position' for life to be 'close to normal' again.
Those less likely to self-isolate include men, younger people, parents with young children, working-class backgrounds, people in financial hardship and key workers. With international travel due to resume in the next stage out of lockdown on 17 May, Mr Raab also said theProfessor Peter Openshaw: "It's too early to declare victory and to drop our guard" Prof Peter Openshaw, an immunologist who advises the government, said people would be able to go on holiday this summer "within limits".
."We do know that this infection has a tendency to come back again and we need to use this time to be absolutely sure we have got every precaution in place to stop further outbreaks." He said the use of lateral flow tests was "contentious" among scientists but that he believed they would help to find the people who are "most prone to spreading disease". Meanwhile, Mr Raab said he would "always look very carefully at any request" to help as India deals with its record surge of Covid cases, which is overwhelming hospitals. But asked if the UK should pause the vaccination of younger, less vulnerable people to send doses abroad, the foreign secretary said he has not received any request from India "on that specific issue". He said the government was supporting vaccination worldwide with the billion doses that the UK is contributing to the World Health Organization's Covax programme.Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said the issue is "deeply personal" as she has a close family member in hospital with Covid in India, but added the UK should not pause the vaccination of younger people to send vaccines overseas. "We haven't defeated this virus in Britain yet," she said. She said we should not "pit the people of Britain against the people of India" but should instead "dramatically ramp up vaccination and supply" worldwide.
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